Tummy cramps have different meaning during stages in pregnancy. What are the causes of stomach cramps during gestational period? When to call a doctor when a pregnant woman feels abdominal cramps? Is it normal to experience abdominal cramps during early pregnancy? These are but just questions of our pregnant women out there. In this article you will know if this abdominal cramps still normal? Actually experts say that this is normal because carrying a baby put a lot of pressure in your abdominal muscles, veins and joints. Implantation, stretching, indigestion, orgasm and stress may also cause cramping of stomach.

Tummy Cramps

Tummy cramps during early pregnancy has nothing to worry but if you are having other symptoms, a symptoms like pain and bleeding that will mean an early miscarriage that may occur anytime up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and another condition is ectopic pregnancy that usually happens during 4th and 10th week age of gestation. What about a tummy cramps in second trimester? Tummy cramps in second trimester is definitely nothing to worry about unless it is associated with bleeding that may signal a late miscarriage if that so, consult a doctor immediately. The main worry about tummy cramps during third trimester is premature labour. Early labour cramp is less severe than contraction during the active labour.

When you are pregnant it is part of the process that you will feel back pain because pregnancy and back pain go together. I think everybody wants to know why pregnant women suffer from back pain. It is because during pregnancy the body produces a variety of hormones and one of it is relaxin which causes the ligaments and pelvis to soften to allow the baby to pass through the pelvic inlet. In addition to that the uterus is growing thus t changes the center of the gravity, the abdominal muscles becomes overstretched. Is there any way to get rid of back pain?

Pregnancy and Back Pain

Prevention is always better than cure, prevention is the best way to free yourself from back pain, here are some tips like practice a good posture, wear low heeled shoes and wear maternity pants, lift properly don’t bend at your back or lift with your waist, sleep on your side not on your back and try heat, cold or massage at your back it might help you as well. You can make your back strong by doing your regular physical activities of course it is also nice to know your limit. Maybe you can try acupuncture, yes they say it’s safe during pregnancy and it can help relieve back pain. That is all you need to know about pregnancy and back pain.

Being pregnant is a bigger responsibility and it is much more when the baby is finally out. During pregnancy period sometimes it is really stressful so you find a way to get rid from stress and find time to relax for the welfare of yourself and of course for your baby as well. This is when you have to consider pregnancy and yoga and the benefits you will gain from it. According to fitness expert that yoga would be beneficial to pregnant women can help them breath and relax, which can help you adjust to the physical demands of labour, birth and motherhood also.

Pregnancy and Yoga

It can calm both mind and body which then provides physical and emotional relief to stress. But you have to take consideration that you should be aware of the precautions like telling your yoga teacher if how many months are you pregnant, you should not do any on your back after first trimester because it reduces blood flow to the uterus and avoid poses that stretches the muscles too much especially your abdomen, backbends, balancing poses with one leg, camel, handstands, headstands and upward bow these are poses that you should avoid.

Yoga is considered the best way to stay flexible, relieve stress, prepares yourself for birth and ensures optimum supply of blood and nutrients to the developing baby.

Before knowing what Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is I think it will be helpful also if you will be able to know the other names of this disorders. It is also known as polycystic ovary disease, functional ovarian hyperandrogenism, Stein-Leventhal syndrome, ovarian hyperthecosis and sclerocystic ovary syndrome. Now I’ll let you know what a Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is, it is considered one of the most common female endocrine disorders that can be inherited from either parents.

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

It affects 1 of 10 or 1 of 20 women of childbearing age and it may also affects female as young as 11 years old. What are the causes of PCOS? The cause of this is actually unknown but medical experts consider several factors including genetics. The main underlying problem present is hormonal imbalance that causes anovulation, resulting in irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, ovulation-related infertility, and polycystic ovaries; excessive amounts or effects of androgenic (masculinizing) hormones, resulting in acne and hirsutism; and insulin resistance often associated with obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and high cholesterol levels. In women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome PCOS, the ovary does not make all the hormones needed for an egg to mature so the follicles may grow and produce fluid but ovulation does not occur so no progesterone is made thus result to irregular menstruation and anovulation.No progesterone is equals to no menstruation.

How to diagnose PCOS? Diagnosis is made through pelvic ultrasound and if 2 out of 3 criteria are met in Rotterdam criteria which includes; oligoovulation and/or anovulation, excess androgen activity and polycystic ovaries. Is there a treatment? Yes, of course there is! PCOS can be treated by lifestyle modification, birth control pill, medications for diabetes, increase hair growth and infertility and surgery can also be considered the procedure is called “ovarian drilling” that may increase the chance of ovulation. I hope i did share enough information about the disorder and now evaluate yourself if you do have all the symptoms mentioned above and if you do, well you have to consult a doctor right away.

As we all know exercise is a practice in which every one of us can indulge and have time for that because it helps good blood circulation in our body system. A pregnant woman should have their limited and required exercise intended for them. Here are some pregnancy exercise basics;

Basic Exercises for Pregnant Women

1. An arm/upper back stretch or also know as flying arm exercise you can repeat this for 5 times.

2. This is considered a very important exercise because this is a building block of a good posture it may strengthen the abdominal and back muscles this is what we called the pelvic tilt.

3. Sit ups. There are two types of sit ups first is the forward sit up and the other one is diagonal sit up.

4. Kegels exercise this exercise have many benefits it help pregnant woman prevent from having hemorrhoids in which this is one of the complications in pregnancy,  this may also support the growing baby, assists during and after labour, keeps the muscles of the vagina toned, and may increase sexual pleasure for you and your partner.

5. Most of pregnant women experience leg cramps and in order to lessen leg cramping you can do calf stretch especially when you are about to go to bed. Walking, swimming, bicycling is also a good exercise for pregnant women all throughout the trimester. Doing the exercise it does not only benefit the mother but also the baby.